> The primary advantage of Maildirs is that there is no need for folder
> locking, therefore you can have (in theory) an arbitrary number of
> Maildirs store each email message as a separate file, which is the
> - faster operations when operating on single messages -- no need to
> write out the entire folder like with mbox when deleting a message from
> the top, for example
> - more reliable checking of whether the folder has new mail or not
> (no need to play with file timestamps)
> - no need for locking (see discussion above)
> - much simpler to create custom tools for handling the mail that work
> on individual messages, on the other hand it's slightly more complex to
> create "mail filters" which operate on an entire folder
Okay, I'm sold. :) But first, is there a simple way to convert my
current mbox folders(files) into maildir format? Is this handled by
mutt or another utility?
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